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Sen. Ted Cruz's crusade against Obamacare goes through night, includes Green Eggs and Ham, Castle Burgers, Rambo and more

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This image from Senate video show Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaking on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Cruz says he will speak until he's no longer able to stand in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law. Cruz began a lengthy speech urging his colleagues to oppose moving ahead on a bill he supports. The measure would prevent a government shutdown and defund Obamacare. (AP Photo/Senate TV)

Paul was demanding information on the Obama administration's use of drones to monitor Americans.

According to multiple media outlets, he was joined at times by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana, Mike Lee of Utah, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Pat Roberts of Kansas, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Marco Rubio of Florida and Paul.

The topics discussed were all over the place. From Dr. Seuss to college kids’ inability to find White Castle burgers. He talked about going to see the movie Rambo with his father. And so did catching and roasting pigs. His father's work history was also a common theme.

"When Americans tried it, they discovered they did not like green eggs and ham and they did not like Obamacare either," Cruz said. "They did not like Obamacare in a box, with a fox, in a house or with a mouse. It is not working."

“I will credit my father, he invented…green eggs and ham. He did it two ways. The easy way was he would put green food coloring in. ‘Green eggs and ham’ was my favorite book as a little boy. You can actually do it– the food coloring is a little bit cheating. But if you take spinach and mix it into the eggs, the eggs turn green.”

At 4:14 p.m. ET, he read from Atlas Shrug by Ayn Rand, which was first published in 1957 and tackles "a dystopian United States where many of society's most productive citizens refuse to be exploited by increasing taxation and government regulations."